LECTURE 12- Study guide.  

What is Research? 

• Lessons from Gladwell’s Blink: Even when Objectivity is proclaimed, gender bias occurred. Judgments were made based on a masucians gender- assumptions were made about what capable of  

• What are other examples from the course re-gender bias in research? Think of the Paul Borca example of brain size- airbags as example. 

• What is research “Discoviering or uncovering new knolwledge “How is it different. 

Bias In Research  

• How are stereotypes and gender reflected in traditional research  

• How are racial basies reflected in traditional Research.  

• What are the human consequence of conducting biased research  

• Define androcentrism  

• How has sexist language been applied to research  

• Western Centrism- when Ideas, theories, etc are precivied from Western European perspective.  

• Why was there need for feminist or gender-focused rersach and analysis? 

• What is missing and over looked (women and airbags, the normative person five foot 10, man, not using women/children 

• Eurocentrism—> view of only European, and western notions.  

• TLDR- huge consequences for people of color, women, and children.  

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  Qualitative and Quantative Research   

• Idenfitify the Key differences between qualitative and quantitative  

• What are the benefits and defiences of each  

• What is postionality  

• What is standpoint epistemology  

• What is reflectivity  

• What is your understanding of the title of LT Smith book Decolonizing mythology  

• What are key ethical considerations when conducting an interview  

• What are the different type of interviews (semi-structured, strutted) 

• Describe the variation and versality of interviewing. Explain why it is an effective method or not.  

• Explict consent for interviews.  

 
How would you define Feminist Research  

• What is a feminist approach to Research  

• Interseconality be applied to research  

• Challenges the historical record 

• Ciara do  

• How do gender data gaps affect our lives  

• Is its about women? Or does it embody everyone e 

• Invisibility within research and interseconality lens 

Key words/concepts  

• Power  

• The product of meaning  

• The writing and international of the historical record  

• Difference  

• Privilege  

• Inequality  

• Bias 

• Stereotypes 

• Sexism  

• Hetoernoamrivity  

• Hegemony  

Alternate forms of knowledge production and liberty research  

• Zine: allows women, gender minorities and other marginalized people to creative self-expression to be in control of the narrative 

• Memories: how do they serve as an import tool fo knowledge production and identity formation? What is protected when certai parts of history shared> why is forgetting  

• Counter memory  

• Why is remembering political  

Participatory Action Research  

• What is participatory action research? What the values of participatory action research? Why is it used? Why is it considered a liberatriry partatice